[Bug 154274] Re: Should reference Debian visibly

2007-10-19 Thread Luca Bedogni
Nobody here said that Ubuntu refuses to say that is based on Debian, but the point is that there's a big difference between something visible on the homepage, or where technical data of Ubuntu are explained, and a link in the firefox bookmarks. -- Website does not reference Debian visibly https:/

[Bug 154274] Re: Should reference Debian visibly

2007-10-19 Thread Bruce Cowan
People will get the wrong idea and think that all the software is written by Ubuntu (whoever they are). More4 news made this mistake, and they should know better, but given the data on the Ubuntu site (or lack of it), it's no surprise. -- Website does not reference Debian visibly https://bugs.lau

[Bug 154274] Re: Should reference Debian visibly

2007-10-19 Thread Ali AbdulAziz
Also, since the first day I knew about ubuntu I knew it was based on debian...why??? because ubuntu always included a link in the Firefox bookmarks to debian.org with ("ubuntu is based on Debian") see the following link: http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z123/verb3k/ubuntu_and_debian.png --

[Bug 154274] Re: Should reference Debian visibly

2007-10-19 Thread Ali AbdulAziz
I Couldn't agree more with what Matthew East said on Lucas's blog : "The front page doesn’t mention Linux, Gnome, Firefox or GNU either… it’s perfectly normal - Ubuntu is currently being heavily marketed and confusing Ubuntu’s target audience with multiple brand names is a really bad idea. Even

[Bug 154274] Re: Should reference Debian visibly

2007-10-19 Thread Bruce Cowan
As a long term user of Ubuntu, I have found Ubuntu's lack of attribution distressing. Ubuntu only packages up stuff and writes very little, and users should appreciate this. -- Should reference Debian visibly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/154274 You received this bug notification because you ar

[Bug 154274] Re: Should reference Debian visibly

2007-10-19 Thread IM.tehk
I agree with most of the above. Also is there any reason ubuntu.com/whatis does not include a link to what ubuntu is technically? As in 'a operating system with a solid foundation based on the GNU system using the Linux Kernel. [xorg].[how upstream and downstream work]. [APT/deb relationship and ho

[Bug 154274] Re: Should reference Debian visibly

2007-10-19 Thread Bruce Cowan
** Changed in: mozilla-firefox-locale-all (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- Should reference Debian visibly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/154274 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 154274] Re: Should reference Debian visibly

2007-10-19 Thread Kartik Mistry
I agree with Lucas and Stefano. -- Should reference Debian visibly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/154274 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubunt

[Bug 154274] Re: Should reference Debian visibly

2007-10-19 Thread ineya
I'm both Debian&Ubuntu user and supporter. Please give Debian proper credit. IMO Debian is the best Linux OS, and deserves few words on every *BUNTU homepage. -- Should reference Debian visibly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/154274 You received this bug notification because you are a member of U

[Bug 154274] Re: Should reference Debian visibly

2007-10-19 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
Jean-Christophe, please, here we are trying to be propositive. Insinuating that it was intentional won't help. Besides, if you have a look at my blog post on this topic (http://www.bononia.it/~zack/blog/posts/2007/10/debian_on_ubuntu_com_just_a_bug.html) you will notice that the "reports" of this

[Bug 154274] Re: Should reference Debian visibly

2007-10-19 Thread Jean-Christophe Baptiste
Yes, this is definitely not fair. This is just a fact and I think they is nothing much to discuss. Recently Ubuntu may have became popular, but taking unfairly like that all the credits while not cooperating fully with the community, it won't last long. Morever, this kind of critics were reported